5 Sex Positions That Enhance Tantric Intimacy

One of the goals of Tantric sex is to increase intimacy between partners. Some sex positions encourage higher levels of emotional connection than others. These positions allow a couple to go beyond their sensory experience, intensifying the intimacy of their sexual connection and imbuing it with emotional meaning. Missionary position is a favorite of many women because it is a face-to-face position, but other positions can enhance intimacy as well. Here are five sex positions that can increase the emotional connection for couples.

The Simple Trick That Will Help Boost Your Bond With Your Partner

Lucy Bode reveals the simple trick that will boost your bond with your partner.

Ever noticed how your footsteps sync up when you walk side-by-side with someone? Even if that person is a total stranger?

Yup, it’s kinda strange and most of the time, it happens without us even realising. But if this new study is anything to go by, the whole mirroring each other thing might actually be worth consciously putting into practice – at least as far as our relationships are concerned. Read more

12 Easy Ways to Keep Intimacy Alive In a Relationship

Lianne Choo shares twelve easy ways to keep intimacy alive in a relationship.

So what exactly is intimacy? In this context, intimacy is a close familiarity and rapport between two people. Being intimate with someone does not necessarily mean getting physical. It is about being emotionally close to your partner and being able to let your guard down, no matter the situation.

Intimacy is also about accepting the other person’s feelings, respecting their opinions, and the constant act of forging strong emotional experiences together. Read more

Emotional Intimacy or Sexual Intimacy: Chicken or the Egg?

Do couples need to have sex to enhance their emotional intimacy, or is it possible to grow closer emotionally without getting physical?

As old as I am now, I can only count the times I’ve ever been emotionally intimate with someone on Amy left thumb. A few years ago, I thought it was just me. Maybe I didn’t have the capacity to invest a large part of my heart to anyone. But I soon realized many people around me built emotional intimacy with their partners, and some succeeded at it, but others failed at it.

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Intimacy in Marriage: 12 Reasons It’s the Key to Making Love Last

You need to have intimacy in marriage in order to make the relationship happy and healthy, says Bella Pope. Here’s why you always need to work on it.

There are hundreds of tips for making a marriage last from people who have made it work and also from those who wish they could have. But the one thing you’ll hear time and time again is that intimacy in marriage is crucial. And it’s not just sexual intimacy, either.

Being close emotionally is even more important than having a healthy sex life. You need to bond and maintain a close connection all throughout your marriage. If you don’t, it’ll be rea Read more

7 Little Things You Can Do During Sex to Boost Your Bond With Your Partner

Tiarra Mukherjee reveals seven little things you can do during sex to boost your bond with your partner.

ex sessions inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey might be what tickles your fancy, or maybe sex à la The Notebook is more your speed. But either way, it's no myth that sex, whether kinky or romantic, is a powerful way to increase intimacy with your partner and deepen your bond. Read more

3 Tantra Techniques for Deeper Love

Build love by bonding twice a day with these Tantra techniques.

Each of us has days when we arrive home tired and cranky, wake up on the wrong side of bed, or get stuck in a conflict with our partner. Rather than waiting until you drift apart, couples can proactively build love by bonding twice a day through practices that Western Tantra teachers Charles and Caroline Muir call "10-Minute Connects." Here are three such techniques. Read more

Can You Really Be in Love with Two People at Once?

Lauren Del Turco explores whether it's really possible to be in love with two people at once - and what to do if you are.

The Great Gatsby's Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and Daisy. Carrie Bradshaw, Big, and Aidan (still not sure who to root for in that one). Tons of books and movies feature love triangles for a reason (besides just the drama): Lots of people can relate to having feelings for two different people at the same time. But is it actually possible to love two people at once—or are the tortured souls who think they do just kidding themselves?

The answer is a resounding yup, says Ramani Durvasula, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at UCLA. “We assume love comes in one flavor, but it’s really much more Baskin Robbins than that.” In other words, chocolate chip mint and strawberry are different, but they’re both damn good. If only love were as easy as ice cream. Read more

5 Steps to Opening Up Emotionally in Your Relationship

Expressing your emotions in a relationship isn't always easy, but it can be profoundly rewarding, says relationship coach Teresa Maples.

Do you find it hard to let yourself be vulnerable in a relationship? Fear of intimacy is the main reason people do not open up emotionally with another person. I define intimacy as feeling safe with another person when you expose who you are to them. Intimacy involves protecting your loved one rather than exploiting their vulnerabilities. And when I say intimacy, I don't just mean sex. There are a huge range of emotions and behaviors that enhance the intimacy, or deepening, of your relationship. Your own feelings are the key to discovering what intimacy-building behaviors will work for you. Read more

Scientists Find We Can't Empathize and Analyze at the Same Time

New research explains why we have to "get out of our head" in order to connect with people: Scientists find we can't empathize and analyze at the same time.

Even the hardest heart sometimes melts.

Now scientists think they know why.

Research shows that when we put ourselves into someone else’s shoes, the part of the brain used for cold, hard analysis is suppressed.

The finding could explain why even highly-intelligent people get taken in by sob stories. Read more

Tantra Sex Tips for Better Intimacy

Ayelet Shimron reveals how to bring passion and intimacy back into your love lives. She focuses on a 1500-year-old lovemaking tradition known as Tantra, in which she reveals the age-old secrets behind the most harmonious, passionate, deep lovemaking wisdom!

Faking Orgasm: Not Healthy for Mind, Body, or Soul

Intimacy heals the body, mind, and soul. If you are faking part of the connection, it hurts all three, says Mary Jo Rapini.

The first time I ever witnessed a good impression of a fake orgasm was a movie called, “When Harry met Sally.” Most of us saw it, and most of us remember our reaction. We may have blushed especially if we were a woman, because most women watching it have faked an orgasm. The interesting part to me was men didn’t seem alarmed. They really were convinced it was the real deal, didn’t really react to the exaggerated “YES” in the movie, and no doubt had been or were currently being faked by a lover of their own. I talk to men and women about their intimacy and sex every day. I have yet to hear a man ever say he faked an orgasm. Why? There are many reasons. For one thing, most women don’t care if he has an orgasm or not. It doesn’t say anything about his technique if he does or doesn’t. However, if his woman doesn’t orgasm, the man tells himself that he is doing something incorrectly.

If a woman doesn’t orgasm, it is a reflection on her lover (sometimes). I don’t think women necessarily blame their partner, but their partners often blame themselves. Read more